openSUSE 16 Security Update : gsasl (openSUSE-SU-2026:21303-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 326676

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE- SU-2026:21303-1 advisory.

This update for gsasl fixes the following issue

- CVE-2026-56968: improper sanitization of a short challenge in `_gsasl_ntlm_client_step` of the NTLM client can lead to memory disclosure (bsc#1268885).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected gsasl, gsasl-devel, gsasl-lang and / or libgsasl18 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 326676

File Name: openSUSE-2026-21303-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/14/2026

Updated: 7/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-56968

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gsasl-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgsasl18, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gsasl-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gsasl

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/23/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-56968

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